Word Summary
oikonomeō: to be a steward, to manage
Original Word: οἰκονομέωTransliteration: oikonomeō
Phonetic Spelling: (oy-kon-om-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be a steward, to manage
Meaning: to be a steward, to manage
Strong's Concordance
be steward.
From oikonomos; to manage (a house, i.e. An estate) -- be steward.
see GREEK oikonomos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3621: οἰκονομέωοἰκονομέω,
ὀικονόμω; (
οἰκονόμος);
to be a steward; to manage the affairs of a household: absolutely,
Luke 16:2. (Univ.
to manage, dispense, order, regulate:
Sophocles,
Xenophon,
Plato,
Polybius,
Josephus,
Plutarch, others; 2 Macc. 3:14.)